New Delhi, Oct 4 (UNI) With radical Islamic preacher and Indian fugitive Zakir Naik receiving a red-carpet welcome in Pakistan and even meeting with the Pakistani leadership, India on Friday termed it disappointing and condemnable but said that it is not surprised.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, addressing the weekly briefing, said: “We are not surprised that a fugitive from Indian justice has received a high-level welcome in Pakistan. It is disappointing and condemnable, but not surprising.”
He added that they don’t know what passport Naik used to travel to Pakistan, where he is delivering a series of lectures on Islam in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi.